The winner received a plaque and a $1,000 prize at Dragon Con, held September 1-4, 2017 at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta GA. The award celebrates “the best in innovative fiction” and honors writer and editor Eugie Foster, who died in 2014. Speculative short stories published in 2016 were eligible for the award, with nominations made by a panel of editors, reviewers, and select readers, and the winner chosen by a jury.